Had a rather lazy Sunday (I think we might have overdosed on Nigella Kitchen, Top Chef and Next Iron Chef – if too much gastro-telly is possible), and now it is Monday and time to start the week again. Since it’s Thanksgiving I’ve got a lot of things going on, so to try and stay [...]
Posts Tagged ‘christmas’
I am sat on a Long Island RailRoad train speeding it’s way to somewhere in Long Island. Not too sure where as we are visiting one of Alex’s friends. I stress the “Alex” part as my friends generally have the good sense to stop at Queens. But I am sure we will have a nice [...]
Christmas Eve
Posted: 12/24/2009 in baking, food, Navel gazingTags: alex, baked nyc, christmas, film, george clooney, richard dawkins, smitten kitchen, this american life, up in the air
I am so so happy that it is Christmas Eve, and that 2009 is almost put to bed. It was only a half day in the office, so I was able to meet up with Alex to watch a matinee of ‘Up In The Air’. (Really enjoyed it.) Once we got home I buzzed about [...]
I look a little grumpy – but I really am smiling inside
What’s more exciting revising macroeconomics or dressing the tree and covering the flat with fairy lights??? A tough call. So it is probably quite understanding that I am now revising in Santa’s grotto, with a Chris Isaak Christmas playing in the background…. I find christmas trees very zen and hypnotic. As a safety measure I [...]
